Gravity prop and moduli spaces $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$
Abstract
Let be the moduli space of algebraic curves of genus with marked points decomposed into the disjoint union of two sets of cardinalities and , and its compactly supported cohomology group. We prove that the collection of -bimodules has the structure of a properad (called the gravity properad) such that it contains the (degree shifted) E. Getzler's gravity operad as the sub-collection . Moreover, we prove that the generators of the 1-dimensional cohomology groups , and satisfy with respect to this properadic structure the relations of the (degree shifted) quasi-Lie bialgebra, a fact making the totality of cohomology groups into a complex with the differential fully determined by the just mentioned three cohomology classes . It is proven that this complex contains infinitely many cohomology classes, all coming from M. Kontsevich's odd graph complex. The gravity prop structure is established with the help of T. Willwacher's twisting endofunctor (in the category of properads under the operad of Lie algebras) and K. Costello's theory of moduli spaces of nodal disks with marked boundaries and internal marked points (such that each disk contains at most one internal marked point).
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@article{arxiv.2108.10644,
title = {Gravity prop and moduli spaces $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$},
author = {Sergei A. Merkulov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.10644},
year = {2025}
}
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Misprints corrected